Getting started with Adobe AIR for Flash and ActionScript developers

Created

8 August 2011

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User levelBeginning

ActionScript 3 is an implementation of ECMAScript, which is very similar to JavaScript. ActionScript developers can build applications using either Adobe Flash Professional or Adobe Flash Builder. Flash Professional provides vector-based graphics rendering, along with native audio and video capabilities, and uses the ActionScript language to add interactivity to websites leveraging Flash Player and to applications based on Adobe AIR. Flash Builder (formerly Flex Builder) is an Eclipse-based IDE with support for editing, debugging and profiling ActionScript code.

Follow these steps to start building your first ActionScript application on Adobe AIR: